US intelligence agencies can no longer collect and store the telecommunications data of US citizens but other countries are strengthening their efforts.

Nothing of what William’s subjects had in life escaped the Domesday Book. Today, more covertly, those in power are using mass surveillance to collect all the digital details of our lives.
Flickr/Andrew BarclayJune 3, 2015

Almost 1000 years after their ruler demanded every detail of serfs' lives, the digital age and mass surveillance are creating a new and undemocratic imbalance between citizens and those with power over them.

“I’m looking forward to the day all this needle-hunting is computerised, to be honest.”
Jean-François MilletMay 28, 2015